Clamming with Rake?

Question about recreational clam harvest:

Can you use a rake?

I’ve seen a lot of posts about people using them but the DNR site says “It is unlawful to use scoops, scrapes tongs, or dredges to take shellfish without a permit”.

Do you read that as excluding rakes, and if so does the permit mean a commercial permit or just the saltwater recreational license?

Thanks! I really don’t want to pay $1000 fine for a half-bushel of clams.

Call my store or come by and I will teach you about clamming, even give you some good spots. Yes you can use a potato rake or clam basket. You only need a recreational lic. one five gallon bucket equal a half bushel. most of the time it is faster by hand

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NMFS = No More Fishing Season

“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”

I have found clams while oystering. Just never knew what to do with them once I found them.

“Apathy is the Glove in Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”.

Sells, thanks’s so much for the reply. I may take you up on the offer for tips.